Why I Changed The Donate Button To A Pledgie Button

« Shout Out To My Top 10 Commentators On Blazing Minds The Importance of using Social Media when you Guest Blog! » Why I Changed The Donate Button To A Pledgie Button Posted by Karen in Blogging Those of you who do visit my blog on a regular basis will of noticed that the Donate button on the right of the screen has now gone and been replaced with a pledgie button. There are several reasons I did this, the first is it seems to fit in a bit better with the design of the blog and secondly, this button now gives a anyone wanting to donate, or pledge, to my blog a little extra. Everytime someone uses the button and donates they have the choice of adding their name to a list of those that have helped. I did have a few donation through the old button, so I’m going to give this one a try over a while and see if it makes any difference. Many thanks to everyone who has donated to Blazing Minds over the years, thanks to you, I have been able to keep my blog alive If you enjoyed reading this post, then please remember to post a comment, Subscribe to my RSS feed. Please check out my other project Remergence Electronica Music. No related posts. Tags: blog donations, blog support, charity donations, fundraising donations, pledgie This entry was posted on Monday, July 5th, 2010 at 9:55 am and is filed under Blogging. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. Written by Karen (902) Published Articles Karen is founder of the Blazing Minds blog and avid blogger of all sorts of interesting and odd things. She is also a keen music producer and founding member of the electronica music duo Remergence... Link up with Karen at @BlazingMinds \| Google+ \| Facebook Tweet 16 Responses to “Why I Changed The Donate Button To A Pledgie Button” Klaus Twitter: TechPatio says: July 5, 2010 at 10:09 am I hope it works for you and I’ll be interested to know the results compared to the old donate button. Personally I don’t intend on adding donate/pledge button to my site anytime soon – because I don’t see why people would want to pay (or donate) for what I have to say Maybe if one of my posts helps somebody really well, but I think it’s a long shot and it will just take space away from something that would be more valuable to me. But I don’t know for sure… Klaus recently posted..Oh No- My Mac Mini Media Center Stopped Working- Reply Ileane Twitter: Ileane says: July 5, 2010 at 10:47 am Hi Karen, I hope this increases interest. It might catch people’s attention because it’s so different. Best wishes! Ileane recently posted..CommentLuv Gives Your Blog Heart Reply Karen Twitter: BlazingMinds says: July 5, 2010 at 6:56 pm Thanks Ileane, I think it does look better than the old button and it is self updating as well, giving a current total of donations Karen recently posted..Shout Out To My Top 10 Commentators On Blazing Minds Reply Justin Germino Twitter: dragonblogger says: July 5, 2010 at 5:42 pm I don’t have a donate button on my personal or tech blogs, but thinking about adding one to my poetry blog for those who enjoy written art and want to donate. Reply Karen Twitter: BlazingMinds says: July 5, 2010 at 6:35 pm If you do, try Pledgie Reply Anthony says: July 5, 2010 at 8:21 pm I’d be interested to see if it makes a different in donations. You should do a post in a couple months comparing? Anthony recently posted..Characteristics of an Entrepreneur Reply Karen Twitter: BlazingMinds says: July 5, 2010 at 8:55 pm I’ll be interested to see if there is a difference as well Karen recently posted..Shout Out To My Top 10 Commentators On Blazing Minds Reply bbrian017 Twitter: bbrian017 says: July 5, 2010 at 8:31 pm When someone pledges don’t they become a member of some sort as opposed to someone who simply donates? I remember there is some sort of actual difference. bbrian017 recently posted..Welcome to another week in the blog engage community Reply bbrian017 Twitter: bbrian017 says: July 5, 2010 at 8:34 pm omg for the record I just noticed now you didn’t mean pledge you actually meant a service called pledgie. lol well it’s nice that other people can now see a list of your detonators. bbrian017 recently posted..Welcome to another week in the blog engage community Reply Karen Twitter: BlazingMinds says: July 5, 2010 at 8:57 pm Any excuse to post twice in one sitting Karen recently posted..Keys To A Highly Caffeinated Email List Reply Colleen Twitter: colleenlane says: July 7, 2010 at 2:58 am I like it better than the old button as it stands out more. The ‘Donate’ button even when posted up high can still blend in as it looks like all the other Donate buttons seen around. Colleen recently posted..1504 Potter Avenue, Richland Washington, 99354, Central Richland Home For Sale Reply Karen Twitter: BlazingMinds says: July 7, 2010 at 8:06 am Thanks Colleen and a special big thanks for clicking it Karen recently posted..The Importance of using Social Media when you Guest Blog- Reply Jorgen Sundberg Twitter: jorgensundberg says: July 8, 2010 at 10:05 am I know Steve Pavlina reckons he gets a fair amount of donations for his blog, would you say it’s been worth the effort for you? Jorgen Sundberg recently posted..Name Recognition is Your Personal Brand Awareness Reply Karen Twitter: BlazingMinds says: July 17, 2010 at 9:38 am This new button has a running total, so as you can see it seems to be working, strangely enough though, some are still coming from the old button that is on the “Donate” page! Karen recently posted..My Selection For This Weeks Twitter FollowFriday Reply john Twitter: money_whisper says: July 16, 2010 at 8:21 pm This button looks better but if people want to donate they will do it anyway. I hope this change will work for you and will bring millions of dollars so you can share some with us Reply Karen Twitter: BlazingMinds says: July 17, 2010 at 9:39 am Hi John, it seems to be doing something, but maybe that’s because it’s new Karen recently posted..Top 10 Search Terms Used To Find Blazing Minds Reply Leave a Reply Comment Policy Important Please Read Please be aware that all comments made are moderated and SPAM will not be tolerated, make sure you use your real name (NOT A WEBSITE NAME), you can also utilise (YOURNAME @ BLOG NAME), if we deem a comment to be SPAM then it will be edited or deleted! SPAMMERS are not welcome here! Comments without a Gravatar may also be deleted! Comments without a first name will NOT be approved! 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